I hate you. Getting our first official hundred degree day tomorrow in the DFW area.fontanaman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:15 am The temps on Saturday will be in the mid 70's so that isn't too bad.
What did you do to your FJR today?
- gixxerjasen
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 5642
- Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:50 pm
- FJRModel: 2007 Yamaha FJR1300AE
- Location: DFW
- x 5113
- x 8340
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
My Blog
Current Bikes:2007 Yamaha FJR1300AE | 2016 KTM 1190 Adventure R | 2001 Suzuki DRZ-400E
Son's Bike:2019 Honda CRF250L
I'm here to serve as an example of what NOT to do.
Current Bikes:2007 Yamaha FJR1300AE | 2016 KTM 1190 Adventure R | 2001 Suzuki DRZ-400E
Son's Bike:2019 Honda CRF250L
I'm here to serve as an example of what NOT to do.
- raYzerman
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 9241
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:49 am
- FJRModel: 2016 Versys 1000 Titanium Devil, 2014 DL1000, 1999 VFR 800 Bumble Bee
- Location: Millgrove, Ontario, CA
- x 2879
- x 10744
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
I'll help you... I95 is no good anywhere.
Festus and wheatonFJR loved this
Keep yer stick on the ice........... (Red Green)
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
- FJRoss
- Veteran
- Posts: 2436
- Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:41 pm
- FJRModel: 2011 FJR 1300
2017 BMW F700GS - Location: Fredericton NB (Canada)
- x 703
- x 2133
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
I'll sometimes take the I-95 from Houlton ME to Bangor ME but only when it is all about getting there faster. Except for right around Bangor, it is mostly empty and in good shape. Exceptionally boring road with 2 lanes in each direction and a 75 MPH speed limit for most of it (80-85 MPH, in practice) so you don't spend a lot of time on it. I have taken it as far south as Boston but would not choose to do that again unless absolutely necessary. The worst LONG distance bit I have done on an interstate is about 300 miles of I-40 between Nashville and Little Rock. More trucks than cars, busy as hell and moving fast (in 100° weather). Spent an additional couple of hours just before Arkansas creeping along because of a traffic accident a few miles ahead - dehydrated and exhausted before I could get off the highway.
Uncle Hud loved this
- HotRodZilla
- Veteran
- Posts: 4452
- Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:09 am
- FJRModel: 07 FJR-A
- Location: Albuquerque, NM
- x 13000
- x 6299
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
It was 102 here yesterday. It has been hovering around 100+/- for the last couple of weeks. My buddy and I were talking yesterday that it's too hot to ride dirtbikes. Even our elevated mountain trails are in the 90s, which is just too dammed hot.gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:56 amI hate you. Getting our first official hundred degree day tomorrow in the DFW area.fontanaman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:15 am The temps on Saturday will be in the mid 70's so that isn't too bad.
gixxerjasen loved this
- fontanaman
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 3081
- Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:38 pm
- FJRModel: 2017 FJR, 2017 DR650
- Location: Spokane, Washington
- x 3075
- x 4246
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
It was 79° at Old Faithful today. I damn near melted.
Today I rode the FJR from Red Lodge over Beartooth Pass with wonderfully scenic mountains, the sun at my back enhanced the photo oops. Onward to Yellowstone.
Plenty of buffalo photo ops in Lamar Valley today with minimal traffic. Locals say tourism is down this year and I believe it. Great time to visit Jellystone.
Went to Old Faithful, walked a loop trail in the geyser area, watched Old Faithful erupt then headed to West Yellowstone for the night.
Great day, lots of smiles, low miles. Retirement is grand.
Today I rode the FJR from Red Lodge over Beartooth Pass with wonderfully scenic mountains, the sun at my back enhanced the photo oops. Onward to Yellowstone.
Plenty of buffalo photo ops in Lamar Valley today with minimal traffic. Locals say tourism is down this year and I believe it. Great time to visit Jellystone.
Went to Old Faithful, walked a loop trail in the geyser area, watched Old Faithful erupt then headed to West Yellowstone for the night.
Great day, lots of smiles, low miles. Retirement is grand.
Redfish, Toter, Niehart and 4 others loved this
- Hppants
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 6355
- Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:22 pm
- FJRModel: 2021ES
- x 12254
- x 10719
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Left at daybreak, 80 degrees, 80% humidity. About 3 hours and 150 miles was all I could take. By then it was well north of 90 and I was cooking.
July/August/September, this is one miserable place, man ...
July/August/September, this is one miserable place, man ...
Toter and Cav47 loved this
"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living. Or get busy dying."
- Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
- Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
-
- Squid
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:32 pm
- FJRModel: '99ST1100
- x 11
- x 3
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Twice I've ridden up I-95 from Georgia to Richmond, VA and tucked in behind cars that hammered 90 to 105. Normally I can't get away with this in Virginia but somehow those two did and I was lucky to tag along. One was from New Jersey, the other Virginia. And so little traffic that it was like Christmas day, very few vehicles of any type. It was like riding in Europe, fast, smooth and no worries.
-
- Veteran
- Posts: 1707
- Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:02 am
- FJRModel: 2014 FJR1300A
- x 2362
- x 2796
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Rode it to work this morning. My tire changer that was supposed to arrive on Saturday was finally delivered at 8:00pm last night. I'd hoped to spend my Sunday assembling and determining mounting spot in my garage but that'll have to happen now one night this week. What really sucks is that Fed-Ed distribution center is only 1 mile from my house!
IBA #50866
- raYzerman
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 9241
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:49 am
- FJRModel: 2016 Versys 1000 Titanium Devil, 2014 DL1000, 1999 VFR 800 Bumble Bee
- Location: Millgrove, Ontario, CA
- x 2879
- x 10744
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Sorry to hear that Chuck, but this Covid thing has all the mail and delivery services in "every day is Christmas rush" mode. They're busy as hell, many warn of possible delays... can't count on firm delivery dates these days. I had a UPS delivery scheduled for a particular day (I'm rural), had the tracking down to "Out for delivery" usually meaning I'd see it that day... well, they have routes and if they run out of time that day, they either keep it on the truck for tomorrow or return it to the depot hoping for a different truck to get it to you (routes sometimes overlap). I saw it two days after it was "out for delivery". Shit happens.
I sent a package by Priority Mail to Vancouver BC, delivery expectation was 5 days... that was two weeks ago, it was delivered yesterday, ha ha.
I sent a package by Priority Mail to Vancouver BC, delivery expectation was 5 days... that was two weeks ago, it was delivered yesterday, ha ha.
Keep yer stick on the ice........... (Red Green)
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
-
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 1128
- Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:54 am
- FJRModel: 2007A, 2013A
- Location: Asheboro, NC
- x 375
- x 1123
- fontanaman
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 3081
- Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:38 pm
- FJRModel: 2017 FJR, 2017 DR650
- Location: Spokane, Washington
- x 3075
- x 4246
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Washed it. Those Wyoming bugs are nasty.
gixxerjasen and wheatonFJR loved this
- bill lumberg
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 2590
- Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:03 pm
- FJRModel: 2018ES/2022ES
- x 3985
- x 4369
- Contact:
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Rode it over Blood Mountain and through Richard Russell Scenic Raceway. Sena decided to stop participating as I was leaving walasi-yi. Nothing would bring it back. Mental note- put a paper clip in the bike for Sena hard resets.
Passed an fjr rider, no top case, no bags, wearing jeans, southbound on 400. Didn't note the year of the bike.
Passed an fjr rider, no top case, no bags, wearing jeans, southbound on 400. Didn't note the year of the bike.
Toter and wheatonFJR loved this
EWTBAGUITTDGS
2022ES
2022ES
- danh600
- Veteran
- Posts: 4217
- Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:36 pm
- FJRModel: 2022 FJR1300ES
- Location: Roughedge,NC
- x 4540
- x 8481
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Took the day off and ride 240 miles up to the cabin on the FJR.
Long weekends are nice.
Couple hundred miles on the MT09 in the morning
Then back home on the FJR Sunday.
Long weekends are nice.
Couple hundred miles on the MT09 in the morning
Then back home on the FJR Sunday.
rbentnail, Bugnatr, YummYam and 2 others loved this
-
- Casual Rider
- Posts: 97
- Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:05 pm
- FJRModel: 2007 AE - 1960 Matchless G3 - 1974 Mk ll 850 Commando-1999 Triumph Thunderbird Sport
- Location: Tennessee
- x 561
- x 192
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Wow Dan!! How the other half live eh? Lol. I’m envious.
Glad you can enjoy the moments.
Glad you can enjoy the moments.
danh600 and LKLD loved this
- fontanaman
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 3081
- Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:38 pm
- FJRModel: 2017 FJR, 2017 DR650
- Location: Spokane, Washington
- x 3075
- x 4246
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
I removed the RAM mount from the clutch lever bracket. I intended on putting my cell phone there but was concerned about damaging the camera due to vibration. I follow the Biker Bits channel on YouTube. This week I watched a recent episode, where Mark the host, discussed phone camera problems at 21:50 with several phones he has used. He rides a DR650 and mostly off bitumen (pavement in Austrilian). He asked for comments from the crew.
Quite a few people responded saying vibration from putting any phone in a cradle on a bike will ruin the image stabilization on the camera in no time. The usual "fix" is to have a cheap phone or one you don't care about in the cradle.
I have a Garmin 590 so I choose to avoid the broken phone camera problem all together by leaving my phone in the tank bag in a pouch. I don't want take the risk even if I am on pavement. Sometimes the pavement is pretty busted up or potholed and I bet most phone were not designed for high shock and vibration environments.
Quite a few people responded saying vibration from putting any phone in a cradle on a bike will ruin the image stabilization on the camera in no time. The usual "fix" is to have a cheap phone or one you don't care about in the cradle.
I have a Garmin 590 so I choose to avoid the broken phone camera problem all together by leaving my phone in the tank bag in a pouch. I don't want take the risk even if I am on pavement. Sometimes the pavement is pretty busted up or potholed and I bet most phone were not designed for high shock and vibration environments.
danh600 loved this
- Hppants
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 6355
- Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:22 pm
- FJRModel: 2021ES
- x 12254
- x 10719
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Left the house at 7 am. Got in about 200 miles with two buddies, home before noon.
Soaked the t-shirt and until about 10:30 am, it wasn’t too bad. Until October, this Type of ride will have to do ...
Soaked the t-shirt and until about 10:30 am, it wasn’t too bad. Until October, this Type of ride will have to do ...
Redfish and Niehart loved this
"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living. Or get busy dying."
- Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
- Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption
- ionbeam
- Contributor
- Veteran
- Posts: 2988
- Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:14 am
- FJRModel: '15ES in Low-Viz Assfault Gray
- Location: Sandown, NH
- x 534
- x 5425
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Warning below:
Hardening electronics for the types of vibrations on a motorcycle is difficult, especially something like a cell phone where they cram 250% of the electronics into only 100% of the available space. In a testing laboratory it's surprising the kind of vibrations that are the real killers. Big shocks like a pot hole don't always have the same destructive energy as small, fast vibrations. If you have a cell phone on your bike you want to be sure that the camera(s) are turned off, especially if the camera has image stabilization.
Your phone would be best served if there is something resilient between the phone body and the clamping device. Even better is to have both the phone mount and the handlebar/frame mount with something resilient to isolate vibrations. It usually isn't the BAM of a pot hole that gets to the electronics, it is vibrations at higher repetitive frequencies compounded by heat. When I have accelerated life tests performed on electronics it is almost always done on a vibration table in an oven at slightly elevated temperatures to quickly induce failures.
There are a number of shock and vibration standards a cell phone could be tested to such as:
MIL STD 810
RCTA DO 160
DEF STAN 00-35
DEF STAN 07-55
DEF STAN 08-123
BS 3G100
BS EN 60068
EN 60945
If a phone has been tested to any of these standards it will be proudly proclaimed in the user information that comes with the phone and in any ad copy. The most likely standard you would find is MIL-810, a lot of newer LG phones claim to meet this testing standard. Some cell phone cases will also claim to make a phone meet the MIL-810 standard. Not that a company selling something would lie to you be deceptive in their promotion, but most phones and cases that claim MIL-810 don't actually meet the standard with the items generally for sale. Maybe a few phones/cases sent for testing would meet the standard but the general production items don't. If the stated shock and vibration standard also comes with the name of a testing agency such as:
TUV
CSA
Bureau Veritas
Intertek
then the general sales items will indeed meet the claimed specification. These agencies perform an on-site inspection of the manufacturer 2 to 4 times a year to verify that the items are manufactured identical to the samples submitted for certification. Any deviation results in a 'finding'. Findings can be minor which allows continued manufacturing as the issue is fixed or the finding can be major which results in the immediate stoppage of manufacturing and freezing shipments of any finished goods.
Hardening electronics for the types of vibrations on a motorcycle is difficult, especially something like a cell phone where they cram 250% of the electronics into only 100% of the available space. In a testing laboratory it's surprising the kind of vibrations that are the real killers. Big shocks like a pot hole don't always have the same destructive energy as small, fast vibrations. If you have a cell phone on your bike you want to be sure that the camera(s) are turned off, especially if the camera has image stabilization.
Your phone would be best served if there is something resilient between the phone body and the clamping device. Even better is to have both the phone mount and the handlebar/frame mount with something resilient to isolate vibrations. It usually isn't the BAM of a pot hole that gets to the electronics, it is vibrations at higher repetitive frequencies compounded by heat. When I have accelerated life tests performed on electronics it is almost always done on a vibration table in an oven at slightly elevated temperatures to quickly induce failures.
There are a number of shock and vibration standards a cell phone could be tested to such as:
MIL STD 810
RCTA DO 160
DEF STAN 00-35
DEF STAN 07-55
DEF STAN 08-123
BS 3G100
BS EN 60068
EN 60945
If a phone has been tested to any of these standards it will be proudly proclaimed in the user information that comes with the phone and in any ad copy. The most likely standard you would find is MIL-810, a lot of newer LG phones claim to meet this testing standard. Some cell phone cases will also claim to make a phone meet the MIL-810 standard. Not that a company selling something would lie to you be deceptive in their promotion, but most phones and cases that claim MIL-810 don't actually meet the standard with the items generally for sale. Maybe a few phones/cases sent for testing would meet the standard but the general production items don't. If the stated shock and vibration standard also comes with the name of a testing agency such as:
TUV
CSA
Bureau Veritas
Intertek
then the general sales items will indeed meet the claimed specification. These agencies perform an on-site inspection of the manufacturer 2 to 4 times a year to verify that the items are manufactured identical to the samples submitted for certification. Any deviation results in a 'finding'. Findings can be minor which allows continued manufacturing as the issue is fixed or the finding can be major which results in the immediate stoppage of manufacturing and freezing shipments of any finished goods.
Cav47 and fontanaman loved this
- wheatonFJR
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 19790
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:10 pm
- FJRModel: 2013-Jwilly Special LD Delivery
- Location: Travelers Rest
- x 40755
- x 18016
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Washed the last bit of Warwoman red clay off of my engine guard in preparation for remounting the guards. I have to order some spring clips and screws and should have it all zipped up. About passed out from dehydration when I stood up in the garage. With the fan on high for comfort, that stuff sneaks up on you.
There's no better therapy than a ride - petey
- raYzerman
- Contributor
- I post more than I ride
- Posts: 9241
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:49 am
- FJRModel: 2016 Versys 1000 Titanium Devil, 2014 DL1000, 1999 VFR 800 Bumble Bee
- Location: Millgrove, Ontario, CA
- x 2879
- x 10744
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Well there goes the hope of using a phone for GPS unless you have the right one......
rbentnail, Cav47, and fontanaman loved this
Keep yer stick on the ice........... (Red Green)
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
- Toter
- Veteran
- Posts: 767
- Joined: Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:01 am
- FJRModel: 2015 FJR 1300 ES "Renee", 2014 BMW R1200 GS "Sascha", 2021 BMW R1250GS Rallye, 2016 DRZ 400S (Bush Piglet)
- Location: North Georgia
- x 1083
- x 1545
Re: What did you do to your FJR today?
Spent the day on Renee. Early breakfast and headed up through Blue Ridge and McCaysville and took 68 up to Tellico Plains. Rode the Cherohala Skyway both directions. About 84 in Tellico Plains and 74 at the highest elevation with a nice breeze. Good place for a break and some talk with a couple on a new HD Limited. As I got back to the beginning of the Skyway in Tellico I passed a line of about 50 jeeps all headed up the Skyway, behind them about 20 small sports cars. Perfect timing. I pretty much had the Cherohala to myself. Quick lunch at the Tellico Cafe and back to the farm. About 240 miles. Nice day, just Renee and I. Good for the soul.
Redfish, gixxerjasen, LKLD and 1 others loved this
I spent most of my money on guns, motorcycles, women, and whiskey. The rest I just wasted!